AAAA is a domain name record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system where each IP address consists of four sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this modification is the considerably smaller range of unique IPs that the current system supports and also the rapid increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain to a server that uses such an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to identify the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Web Hosting
The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with our web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will discover all records you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain names, but it is not likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to use compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There is also an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be active if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it will take you just a few clicks in the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you will not encounter any problems as you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All of the DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with several clicks you can pick the type of record you need and for which domain name or subdomain it will be set up. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record will be fully active. As an optional setting, you can pick the time this record shall be working after you modify it or delete it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds if the other provider requires it.